Great blue heron, Ardea herodias, Cranberry Lake, Byram Township, NJ

Great blue heron, Ardea herodias

Patrolling Cranberry Lake for a meal, this Great blue heron stood still just long enough for me to capture this picture.

Great Blue Heron, Pequannock River, Bloomingdale, NJ

Great Blue Heron wading in Pequannock River

Taking this picture from the Hamburg Turnpike while in Riverdale, NJ of our feathered friend, the Great Blue Heron, who is actually standing on the Bloomingdale, NJ side of the river at the base of Federal Hill.